Hashem still does good to people who do wrong. We need to emulate Him and do the same
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hen Yisro asks Moshe Rabbeinu what he does, Moshe replies, “I teach them chukim and Torah” (Shemos 18:16). Yisro answers with this pasuk above and adds the words “make known to them the way they should go.”
The Gemara says this refers to mitzvos bein adam l’chaveiro. Why didn’t Moshe himself say this originally? (Rav Yisrael Reisman, Shiurim al Chumash).
My husband and I both grew up out-of-town, where your nearest neighbor was a backyard away — perfect distance for borrowing eggs but still maintaining privacy.
Then we moved to our apartment building. Originally built to house 17 families, it mushroomed into 25 families and counting, as many apartments were divided or had additions that housed young couples. Baby carriages, bicycles, and boxes crowd the entranceway and the stairwells. Still, we try to get along with everybody and somehow maintain a semblance of distancing in our bottom floor apartment.
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